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Hispanic Heritage Month Spirit Week

Show your spirit by dressing up each of our themed days next week for Hispanic Heritage Month.

Save the Date: Whitman Fall Festival

Join the Whitman community in celebrating the fun of fall! Trunk-Or-Treat, a haunted house, a silent auction, food, and games await.

Join us at STEM Fest 2022

Whitman MS, in partnership with STEAMOLOGY, invites all families of students in Kindergarten through 8th-Grade to join us for an afternoon of free activities related to STEM, including robotics, coding, and experiments.

Parent Consent for Digital Resources

We need your consent for your student to access some important digital resources used for classwork on their laptop. Please review these digital resources used at our school and sign the consent form.

2022-23 School Supply List

Please access the 2022-23SY Supply List Kit for 7th and 8th grade students.

Safety Tipline

Report safety issues online or by text message using the Safety Tipline.  You may choose to identify yourself or remain anonymous.

Programs and Supports for Whitman Military Connected Students and Families

Walt Whitman Middle School supports and celebrates our military-connected students and families to ease their transition to our community.

Walt Whitman is a Community School

Walt Whitman is a Community School

A community school is a public school that effectively benefits from partnerships with community resources. Its integrated focus on academics, health and social services, youth and community development, and community engagement leads to improved student learning, stronger families, and healthier communities. Community Schools become centers of the community and are open to all, even outside of standard school hours.

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Report Bullying

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IB-MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS PROGRAM

Learn about our IB-MYP program

Mental Health Resources: 24/7 Emergency Numbers

Whitman Middle School Features

Ms. Hannum-Rivera Recognized as FCPS CARES of the Month Recipient!

September 26, 2022
Congratulations to Ms. Dana Hannum-Rivera on her recognition as the Summer 2022 Region 3 FCPS CARES Recipient of the Month by the Department of Human Resources!

Whitman Seventh-Grader Wins Virginia History Day Competition

April 28, 2022
Our own Zoe Limberg was named the Virginia History Day Champion in the Junior Exhibit category for the National History Day project. Zoe’s project, “Bootlegging, Beer, & Booze: The Great American Experiment,” will advance to the national competition.

Whitman Eighth-Grader Finds Own Voice As Virginia Senate Page in Richmond

April 13, 2022
Diego Orendain, an eighth-grader at Whitman Middle School in Alexandria, served as his school’s first-ever Virginia Senate page during the recent state legislative session, according to Principal Craig Herring.
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FCPS News and Features

Fairfax County School Board Statement of Continued Support for Transgender and Gender-expansive Students, Staff, and Families

Protecting, supporting, and affirming our transgender and gender-expansive students is critical to achieving a safe and respectful learning environment for all students.

FCPS This Week - October 6, 2022

This week, read about how a recruitment program brought a family to Fairfax, from Puerto Rico, Walk and Bike to School day, and the Capital Improvement Engagement Process.

Opioid Awareness

Opioids are a class of drugs used to treat pain, but their misuse can lead to devastating outcomes. Here are tips to keep our children safe, as well as information about FCPS prevention programs and county resources.

Fairfax County SAT Scores Continue to Surpass State and Global Averages

Fairfax County Public Schools seniors in the class of 2022 continued to perform well above state and global averages on the SAT, according to results released by the College Board. The FCPS total mean score of 1185 surpassed both the state average (1124) and the global average (1050) for the class of 2022.
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